Passage grave at Øsby Anhøj
The passage grave of Øsby Anhøj (also called Anhøj Jættestue ), which was restored in 1931, is located in the hamlet of Øsby, northwest of Årøsund in Jutland in Denmark . It originated between 3500 and 2800 BC. BC and is a Neolithic megalithic system of the funnel beaker culture (TBK). The passage grave is a design that consists of a chamber and a structurally separated, lateral passage. This form can be found primarily in Denmark, Germany and Scandinavia as well as occasionally in France and the Netherlands.
The north-south oriented trapezoidal chamber in Anhøj is 3.1 m long, 1.8 m wide in the north (in the middle and 1.5 m in the south) and, because it is half filled with earth, only 1.1 m high. In the south, three bearing stones rest on a 1.5 m long, 0.45 m high stone. The western one forms the corner. On the west side there is another corner stone in the southwest and a 1.1 m high bearing stone. The gaps between the stones are filled with intermediate masonry. At the north end there is a long 0.50 m high stone. On the east side, in the middle between four stones (two high bearing stones on the outside), there is a not excavated passage. The northeast corner stone is quite low and has been raised with two flat stones and a stone package. Above the north wall and partially hidden in the ground is a 0.75 m thick capstone that extends over the entire width of the chamber. The south side is covered by a capstone 2.5 × 2.0 m and 1.5 m thick. Its northern end is shattered into four large parts, the largest being 1.25 × 1.6 × 1.0 m on the hill. A hole was made during the blast through which access to the chamber is possible. The plowed mound of earth is about 9.0 m long and 6.5 m wide.
Near the heavily disturbed by Runddysse are Årø , the passage grave of Tonneshøj and Lønthøje .
See also
literature
- Karsten Kjer Michaelsen: Politikens bog om Danmarks oldtid (= Politikens håndbøger. ). Politiken, Copenhagen 2002, ISBN 87-567-6458-8
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